TY - ADVS AU - Griffiths,Richard AU - De la Tour,Frances AU - Merrison,Clive AU - Jones,Damian AU - Loader,Kevin AU - Bennett,Alan AU - Moore,Stephen Campbell AU - Hytner,Nicholas ED - Fox Searchlight Pictures ED - DNA Films ED - BBC Two Films ED - UK Film Council ED - National Theatre (Great Britain) TI - The history boys PY - 2007/// CY - [S.l.] PB - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment KW - High school students KW - Drama KW - Teacher-student relationships KW - England KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Comedy films KW - Fiction films N1 - Soundtrack album available on Koroba Records/Warner Music; Originally released as a motion picture in 2006; Special features: Audio Commentary with director Nicholas Hytner and writer Alan Bennett -- Pass it on: The history boys on screen -- History boys around the world: tour diaries; Photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, John Wilson ; music, George Fenton ; costume designer, Justine Luxton ; production designer, John Beard; Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Clive Merrison N2 - Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success ER -